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August 31, 2014

Senior military officials in Tehran announced a few months ago that the Iranian missile shield enjoys even better features than the Russian version, as it has better agility, mobility and precision capabilities and can intercept all targets in low, mid and high altitudes.

General Esmayeeli had stated in February that the Iranian missile system would have “higher capabilities than the (Russian) S-300" once it starts operation, adding that “the indigenized system will be more powerful than S-300 missile system”.

Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Army's Self-Sufficiency Rear Admiral Farhad Amiri said in May, 2013 that Bavar-373 missile defense system had reached the production stage and its subsystems had been tested successfully.

The town has been besieged for two months, with over 15,000 people trapped inside.

The advance follows US airstrikes around the town, and air drops of humanitarian supplies to the residents from British, French and Australian planes.The majority of the town's population are Turkmen Shi'ites.

On August 31, Liaoning aircraft carrier left Dalian shipyard after completion of four months of routine maintenance work.Some Chinese enthusiasts around the shipyard shot the departure of Liaoning from the pier. 3 tug boats helped the vessel perform a U-turn and depart.

Liaoning arrived in Dalian for maintenance and re-painting in mid-April this year.

Protesters planning to enter Pakistan's PMs house and parliament in a do or die effort.

In 1971, the Pakistan Army managed to lose half of Pakistan - which became Bangladesh. In 1977, the Pakistan Army was back running Pakistan.Six years was all it took. And if 1971-1977 happened, what’s 2008-2014?

Pakistan's PM had tried ex-Pakistan Army check Gen.(R) Mushy for treason and now Pakistan Army is paying back.

Attacking neighboring India like in 1999 or a terrorist strike in an Indian city , Pakistan army will be able to divert public attention and stage yet another coup to take control of Pakistan.

The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of PCU North Dakota (SSN 784), the 11th ship of the Virginia Class, on Aug. 29, two days prior to its contract delivery date. North Dakota is the first of eight Virginia Class Block III ships. Approximately 20 percent of North Dakota was redesigned as part of the Virginia Cost Reduction work done to lower acquisition cost and increase operational flexibility. The changes include a ship's bow redesign, replacing 12 individual launch tubes with two large-diameter Virginia Payload Tubes, each capable of launching six Tomahawk Cruise Missiles.

"North Dakota delivered ahead of schedule and under budget," said Capt. David Goggins, Virginia Class program manager. "When one considers the scope of design changes, this represents a tremendous achievement."Only six days ago North Dakota successfully completed Alpha, Bravo, and Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) trials, which evaluate the submarine's seaworthiness and operational capabilities. During the trials, the crew took the submarine to test depth, conducted an emergency surfacing, and tested the submarine's propulsion plant."North Dakota and her crew delivered an outstanding performance," said Program Executive Officer for Submarines Rear Adm. David C. Johnson. "It was almost 10 years ago that the first ship of the class, USS Virginia delivered on Oct. 12, 2004. Since then, this program has delivered 10 ships, with North Dakota the latest. We continue to meet the Virginia Class standard of delivering submarines early, under cost, more complete and ready for tasking right out of the shipyard. North Dakota set a new benchmark for excellence in what is the arguably the best performing program in defense acquisition."

The Navy postponed North Dakota's original May commissioning date because of quality issues with vendor-assembled and delivered components that required an unplanned dry-docking to correct. Additional design certification work was also required on the submarine's redesigned bow."Now that certifications are complete, and we're armed with lessons learned,we can move forward knowing that we are providing our fleet with the most capable, and battle-ready submarine possible," said Goggins.North Dakota will spend the next two months preparing for its Oct. 25 commissioning in Groton, Connecticut.

Virginia-class submarines are built to dominate the world's littoral and deep waters while conducting Anti-Submarine; Anti-Surface Ship; Strike; Special Operation Forces; Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance; Irregular Warfare; and Mine Warfare missions. Their inherent stealth, endurance, firepower, and sensor suite directly enable them to support five of the six Maritime Strategy Core Capabilities - Sea Control, Power Projection, Forward Presence, Maritime Security, and Deterrence.

The prime minister of Lesotho - Thomas Thabane - flees to South Africa, alleging a coup by the army and saying his life is in danger.Lesotho has seen a series of military coups since independence in 1966.

Philippine military says all soldiers rescued in Golan Heights. More details awaited

Top officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines are hands on in monitoring the situation of Filipino peacekeepers in Golan Heights, as Syrian rebels started firing at their position today, August 30.

A Chinese fighter jet that made a controversial intercept of an American reconnaissance aircraft earlier this month may have been forced to do so because the US plane had been "seriously interfering" with a Chinese submarine, says the Chinese-language version of the Global Times, a nationalistic tabloid under the auspices of the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily.

In yet another staunch defense of the intercept by the Chinese J-11 fighter from the People's Liberation Army on the US Navy's P-8A reconnaissance plane on Aug. 19, the Global Times questioned what other alternatives were available to China when the US had been conducting highly frequent close-in surveillance near Chinese waters and airspace.While Pentagon press secretary John Kirby labeled the intercept, in which the two planes came within nine meters of one another, as "aggressive" and "dangerous," Global Times said China had no choice, adding that the primary role of the P8-A is anti-submarine warfare, meaning it is designed to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines.

Citing an unnamed Chinese military expert, Global Times said that the P8-A may have been intercepted because it was "seriously interfering" with the underwater movements of a Chinese submarine, stating that the reported intercept point was only 200 kilometers from Chinese airspace.The expert suggested that the incident has been completely overblown by US media, saying that the Chinese military has always been quite "restrained" when dealing with US planes and should have a "standard, professional" intercept process in place. Chinese pilots also have "very strong discipline," he added.

The expert goes on to deduce that the PA-8 may have deployed a sonobuoy, an expendable sonar system dropped from aircraft conducting anti-submarine warfare. This would have been a "very serious provocation," he said.

The T-129 ATAK helicopter, which is co-produced by AgustaWestland and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) joined the Turkish air force on June 10.

Turkey’s co-manufactured assault helicopter T-129 ATAK will be the first indigenous aircraft on display at the Aug. 30 Victory Day parade.

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) will showcase its latest inventory during the ceremony, which will be attended by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the first time as president and Ahmet Davutoğlu as prime minister.

A crew from the 1-104th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion tends to an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter following a live-fire exercise at the Grayling Air Gunnery Range during Operation Northern Strike 2014 while a CH-47 Chinook lands in the background.

NATO continues to develop key capabilities to protect the security and freedom of its members.
Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) is one of these capabilities. It is a combination of processes, systems, and people, including air, ground, maritime, and space assets, which feed into one “fused” report.